REGULAR VERBS

Overview

Italian has both regular and irregular verbs. Regular verbs are easy to conjugate. There are 3 types, named after the ending of a verb's infinitive form (shown in any dictionary): "-are", "-ere", "-ire". The largest group is "-are" verbs. Each of the 3 verb groups follows its own conjugation rules. The good news is that once you learn (memorize) the pattern for one "-are", "-ere" or "-ire" verb, you own the recipe for thousands of its sister verbs!

As you can see in the table at the bottom, there is much similarity across all 3 groups. For instance, the present tense of all 3 groups ends in: